Teeth setter for saws



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Patented May 11, 1948 UNITED Mathew TEETH SETTER FOR SAWS Burr N. Engle and John B. Engle, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July 5, 1945,` Serial No. 603,288

(Cl. Y6-58) Claims.

Saw teeth must be set, that is, positioned or adjusted laterally, -so that the blade of the saw will not stick or become lodged in the groove being out. The devices disclosed herein are designed for setting the teeth of saws and the like, and for doing it automatically and perfectly. The ivorfh is done by simply `passing the blade of the saw through the device, teeth being set at whatever speed the blade is moved. So far as known, there are no simple automatic devices capable ci rapidly setting the teeth of saws, which are port able, and which can be sold at a reasonably low price.

The automatic saw setting devices oi this invention include a hammer element for bending evers7 other tooth to one side of the blade and which is actuated by energy controlled by the saw teeth that have been set, thus, eliminating much auxiliary equipment which obviously would greatly increase the cost of the devices. The energy for working the hammer may be controlled by either 'the teeth of the saw which have been set or by the teeth of the saw which have not as yet been set.

The devices as set forth in this particular application may be combined with the tooth cutter disclosed in the application of Burr N. Engle, Serial Number 540,167, filed June 13, 1944, which issued as Patent No. 2,407,821, dated September '17, 1946, and combined in a manner so 'that the tooth setter disclosed herein sets the vteeth of the saw as it is toothed, in other words, the machines disclosed in both applications could Ybecombined into a single operating machine.

One of the principal objects of this present invention is topresent a new and novel teeth setting machine that is simple and sturdy in construe tion, easy and economical to manufacture, which is automatic in operation, and which is substantially foolproof.

Another object is to provide an automatic teeth setting machine in which the operator need only run the blade of the saw along a pair of guides in order to fully set the teeth of the saw, the teeth being set at a rapid pace and done in a perfect'manner.

Still another object is to provide a'teeth setting machine with fully automatic control means for actuating the hammer which sets alternate teeth, the control means having contact with the teeth of the saw at a point either before the teeth are set or after they aresetf v Other objects, advantages Aand features of our invention will appear from the. accompanying drawings,l the subjoined detailed descr-iptiomthe preamble of these speciiicatiens, the appended claims.

Applicants are about to illustrate and describe one of the forms oi their invention in order to teach one how to make, and use the saine, but it is to be understood that the drawings and description thereof are not to limit the invention in any sense whatsoever, except as limited by the appended claims.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modications may be made in the details of form, style, design and construction oi the whole or any part of the specifically described embodi ment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the limitations clearly expressed in the following claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one form oi the invention, parts thereof being broken off,

Fig.2 is a cross sectional View oi 1,

Fig. 2a is a vertical cross sectional View taken along the bar 42,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form oi the invention with parts thereof broken away,

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View of 3 with portions broken away.

Fig. 5 is a Yschematic layout showing another form of the invention involving a beam oi light, and

Fig. 6 shows an elevational View, partly in section, of a preferred form of an electrodnagnet tobe employed in the invention.

The invention comprises a machine having a heavy metal base l with an extended arm 2 for supporting a solenoid 3 over the site where the tooth. setting is accomplished. rihe solenoid is wound'as one coil with four taps therefrom, the taps oi the coil ea-ch having an insulated conductor wire extending therefrom, like d, i3 and l, which connect onto their respective switch contactfpoints 8, 9, l@ and ll, of the distributor switch body l2. The other end oi the solenoid coil has an end `which is connected to the insulated wire `I3 that .connects with the low side of the power supply switch lll. The coil 3 is one continuous winding of a suitable size insulated copper wire and it is tapped, at its opposite end from where it is connected to the lead wire i3, at a number of places, for instance, at every twenty convolutions, so' that the switch arm 213 can be set onto. any one of the buttons G to il andthus vary the strength oi the electro-magnetlciiux in the coil 3 and hence .vary the force of the hammer ofplunger S3 of the coil. VThis variation of force in the coil for the hammer 33 is desired in that all the metal teeth ofa saw are not made of the same strength of steel or thickness and such a coil should be capable of setting strong teeth as well as the weaker ones. The switch I4 is a single pole variety and with it is connected a source of suitable electric current by the two wire cord I5, one of the Wires of which connects with the high side of switch I4, and the other wire of the cord, as indicated at I6, leads to the bottom pivot-conductor-pin I1 of a toothed switching wheel I8. This Wheel is provided with a plurality of teeth I9 which match the teeth of the saw to be set, and the top of the wheel is provided with a plurality of contact posts 23, one post to every other tooth on the wheel. The wheel and the posts are connected conductors of electricity, and the posts are arranged for making contact with a spring arm 2| which is connected to an insulated wire 22 at the xed insulator pivot post 23. The wire 22 connects with the conductor arm 24 of the distributor switch I2 at the pivot post 25 thereof, this post being insulated from the base I. A shunt wire including a push bottom type of switch I4 is provided so that the operator can operate the plunger of the solenoid independently of the automatic means.

By the foregoing arrangement, the electrical circuit is complete so that one section of the winding of the solenoid, depending upon the position of the distributor arm 24, will be energized providing the switch I4 is closed. Such energization of the solenoid will cause a plunger 26 thereof to move downwardly with a sharp blow. This plunger slides in a bore 21 of the solenoid and is prevented from leaving the bore by the annular lips 28 of the top and bottom end discs 29 and 30 of the solenoid. The solenoid is aiiixed to the arm 2 in any suitable manner, and its bore is alined with a hole 3I in the arm and within which is a guide bushing 32 aiixed thereto. A reduced portion 33 of the plunger extends downwardly and has its extreme end hardened and shaped to engage the teeth of the saw blade and bend them. Another reduced portion 34 of the plunger extends upwardly and is capped with a disc 35 which is ailixed thereto and which is a stop plate for the coil spring 36. The function of the spring is to keep the plunger raised until a portion of the Winding of the solenoid is energized. The control wheel I8 may be either on the advance or retracting side of the plunger 33 in that the teeth of this wheel will rapidly mesh with the teeth of the saw before or after being set.

The blade of the saw to be set is indicated at 31, and an adjustable stop 38 is provided to cooperate with the wheel I8 for alining the blade of the saw with the plunger position. Countersunk in the top surface II of the base is an anvil 39 having its top surface 40 inclined at the correct angle to which the teeth of the saw are to be set. This anvil may be attached to the base in any suitable manner, or just layed into a recess sized and coniigurated for the anvil since there would be no lifting forces to displace the anvil.

A plurality of wheels I8 are provided for each machine in that this wheel would have to be changed in size and tooth design to properly work with different size saws and to mesh with the variously shaped teeth of the different saws, as some of the saws may be rip saws, others may be cross out saws, etc. When the size of the wheel I8 is changed, its position relative t0 the plunger must be changed, the smaller wheels must be moved closer to the plunger than the large wheels. Fig. 1 shows the smallest wheel employed in this particular arrangement, but smaller wheels for finer tooth saws may be employed, if desired. To adjust the position oi the wheel I8 with respect to the plunger, the wheel pintle I1 is xed to a shiftable bar 42, the pintleextending below the bar and riding in a straight guide-groove 43. This guide groove, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, is in alinement with the pivot points of parts I8 and 46. The other end of the bar has an integral pin 44 e tending upwardly therefrom which rides in cam-like circular groove 45 in the under surface of a wheel 46. At the center of this wheel is a linger knob 41 which is fixed to the wheel 45 and is journalled in a recessed portion 4B o the base I. Around the curved edge of the wheel are a number of divisional lines or marks 49, all of which indicate variously sized teeth in a saw and are arranged consecutively, for instance, the number B indicates a 6 point saw or a saw which has 6 tooth points per inch. The arrow 50 is provided to indicate the correct position of the numbered lines 49 when their respective point saws are to be set. Whenever a larger toothed saw is to be set, for instance, a 5 point saw, the iinger knob 41 is rotated until the number 5 is alined with the arrow 50; such an action causing the cam-like groove 45 to pull the bar 42, which is parallel with guide-groove 43 and thus further space the pivot I1 from the saw blade. After this setting is made, the correct sized Wheel I8 is placed on the pivot pin Il'. The bar 42 is maintained parallel with its guidegroove because the bar is rigid and has a pair ol' pins fixed t0 the underside thereof which slide along the groove.

The form of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is similar to the one just explained, that is, the same base l, arm 2, solenoid 3, distributor switch I2 and main snap switch I4 are employed, but instead of the wheel I8, bar '42, and. wheel 45 being used, a spring pointer arm 5I is substituted. This pointer arm is pivoted to the base I at 52 by an insulated pintel so that the pointer will not make electrical contact with anything except certain bent teeth of the saw 53. The arm, however, is connected to an insulated wirc 54 which leads to the pivot connection 55 of the distributor switch I2, this pivot supporting the arm 5B, as shown. At the upper end of the pointer arm 5I, but upon the base I, is an arc 51 having a number of spaced divisional lines 58 numbered 4 to 8 and which represents the point measurements of the teeth in the various saws, and since the pointer arm is alined with the divisional line 4, the saw 53, to be set, has 4 points or four teeth to the inch. At the pointer end of arm 5I is a iixed pin 59 positioned so that it may engage any one of the holes 60 in the base I, and thus prevent the arm 5I from moving when once set. At the lower end of the pointer arm is a iiexible electrical contact brush 5I positioned to make contact with any of the teeth of the saw which is bent downwardly. This type of control is workable when one tooth of the saw to be set is bent into position in that the control arm 5I can not make contact with the unset teeth. The electrical circuit is completed by grounding one of the lead-in cord wires to the base at 62. By this arrangement, a portion of the solenoid winding is energized every time the brush 6I makes contact with a previous set tooth because the WJ is grounded 'bv' itsgcontact with the conductor' base The form of'theninventionrshown in'Fg. Bris ior: subst-antially the 'same invention as shown :in the other'figures of' the :except that the means for operating .thellhammerz 331is accomplished automatically by .the well..kno\vn electric eye device. 'The saw is. indicatedin.thisparticular form ci the invention by thenumeral' 1li, some of the teeth fof which have ybeen set, as shown. 'The hammer. 33.- at `the *saw wasv fbrolren away so that theY balance of the hammerrand' solenoid 3 could b'eipla'ced-,in a ibetterposition for thesake of illustration.

s coil has` anumberi of taps cc-ntactable by yswitch arm 12 Whichispivoted at 13,'the1other eri-fl of .the coil Winding having va lead` T4 extcndtherefrom which' makes Aconnection with a wire 15 that connects with one side: ci a double cole vswitch 15, they livey side `of samexhaving connection with a Wire 11 thatxlcadsto oneside :of a suitableysource of electric current', supply such as the usual house alternating-currentof 60 cycles at lili volts. The other wireffrom the supplyis i uaged at 'i8 which Yconnects with the otl'ier 'nal ofv the switchv 1S, and from which switch e 1S extends; the wires 15 and 19 being the ma current supply for the'heavy-duty esula nient of the circuit.

Between the pivot 13 and the main Wire 1S is a rotary' switch Bil 'designedto alternately turn on oil current to the solenoid or close the'ivires Si and 32. A hand operable switch is shown in parallel, however, at 83 so that the plunger or 33 can heworkedindependentiy of the automaticsvvitch 80.

The switch 8c isoperated by an electromagnet iid which has its coil connected in the main supply line 1S. The extended core of the electrcmagnet,

when energized, attractsy `the armatureili which is hired at the point 85, a stopl limits thedism tance the armature 35 can space itself from the cere ot' the electromagnet. .At the'free end of the arrriature 35 is a vertically-movable barY having onY .the top end thereof a. dog or detent 'ch is arranged and adapted-,tomove a1 toot ed heel 8S one tooth each time .the detent is pulled wardiy by the armatureii--When released-y cy velectroniagnet. The detentismadeilexible that onthe upward stroke', it can clear'fthe tooth just above it in a manner Well known in mechanical arts. An extended disc at oneside of the Wheel 89 has a plurality of current conducting ments iii) insulated from eachother and spaced apart, yso that, a contact rider 9| lwill alternately he on and on a segment as the disc is intermittently rotated by the detent 88,..that is, one l'tooth a time. rShe contacter 9| isfxed to onefend ci a spring band 82 Whichinturn is iixedto a point its where it connects with the Wire 8|. A brauch wire 94 connects the Wire 82 with all the segments S0 of the disc. The electromagnet 8d cannot operate unless the contacts 95 and 5B are closed by the microswitch 91 which is operated by the midget electromagnet 98.

The microswitch 91 is operated by an electric eye device which is controlled by the teeth in the saw 10. The reference character represents a photo-electric cell having a cathode m2 of sodium, potassium, or other metal which gives oil electrons when subjected to the influence of light, and an anode |33. A battery |04 is placed in the circuit with thisy cell and the current which passes through the cell when exposed to the influence of a light source, the small incandescent lamp |05,

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is `caused to owk through Ythe high resistance |05. In conjunction with this source oi small currents is employed anA electron discharge tube lil1com- .prisin'g a cathode m8 of ilamentary'form provided with 'means for heating, consisting of a battery |169, which 'may be the low voltage side ora-.small transformenan anode il and a conductingbody l l1 in the forni of. a. grid interposed between the cathode and the anode. in circuit with the catho-'de and the anode is placed a 'bate tery or other source of current H2 yand a'resi'stance H3, thevalue of which hears given ratio to that of the resistance it. In series with the battery ll is the coil of the midget electromagnet 98. By this arrangement cik these electrical units, the midget electromagnet Will he energized only when abeam of light from the source lli reaches the light sensitive cell iti, w ich nieintai'nsthe contacts and 95 open until the iight beam is oroken by the point of cne'ot the saw teeth. W ien .the beam oi" light broken, electro magnet @Il raises the armature S5 while the heavy newer current passes through the large solenoid 3 and forcesy the hammer il@ onto unset tooth of the saw. When the beain of light again reaches the cell It l, the spring arnlature is again raised by the midget electromagnet and causes the contacts S5 and 9B to open, which action. de-cnergizes the electromagnet iid to release the armature B5. When this armature is released, it returns to the stop lil and slightly rotates the toothed `Wheel Sil just far enough to place the contact rider di on an insulated space of the disc so that the next tooth oi the saw, which must Toe set in the opposite direction, is not set by next breaking of the beam of light, that is, the hammer 33 cannot operate when the contact rider'is not on a segment In this manner, everyl other tooth of the saw set, and when it is desired to set the other teeth, the sauf is turned over and run tl'ucnighk the device again. j

En orderto assure exactncss, `so that the beam of iig-ht will be broken only near the tip orpoint of the saw teeth, the vlight source iii-El is placed in va light sealed box lill provided with very sinall slit for the light to and strike the cell i lll. The light cell itself is also placed inthe same kind of a box with a small slit for the light beam to enter. This is done so that other sources or light will not operate the electric eye device.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, there is shown a preferred form of a hammer magnet arrange ment that may be used. most successfully in invention and which forms a part of the inven-- tion. The magnet isv indicated at ld having an iron clad shell l2l in which a through bore |22 adapted to accommodate the sliding `plunger or armature 23 and the adjustable magnetic intensifying threaded plug ld which is slotted |25 to receive an end of screw driver so that the plug can be adjusted like a set screw. Within the shell is the electrical Winding lE having its ends |21 and |28 passing through the shell for connection with a suitable source of electric current that has an electric switch so that the magnet can be operated at will by merely closing the switch.

At one end of the magnetic plunger 23, there extends an arm |29 having at its end the biased hammer head portion |3El, the slanted surface of which is adapted to bend a tooth of a saw against the slanted surface of the anvil part |3 the anvil lacing securely fixed to a suitable support and the plunger |23 provided with proper guides so that the work of bending the teeth on a. saw will be perfect.

Itis, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of form, style, design and construction of the Whole or any part of the speciiically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the limitations clearly expressed in the following claims.

Having thus described our invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a teeth setting device for saws and the like, a base element having a top surfacewith adjustable guides thereon adapted to engage the teeth edge of the blade of a saw, an anvil supported by the base element intermediate the said guides, a solenoid supported by an arm extending from the base element, a plunger inthe solenoid having a hammer end which is alined with the anvil and adapted to strike it, spring means supported by the solenoid and attached to the plunger. for constantly urging its hammer end away from the anvil, and switch means adapted to follow the teeth of a saw which has a plurality of electrical contact points arranged along the circumference of a circle, and electrical connection means for supplying current to the solenoid when part of the connection means makes contact with one of the contact points.

2. A teeth setting device for hand saws and the like, a base element having a top surface with guide means thereon for alining the teeth edge of a saw with a pair of moving parts, one of the parts being an electric switch having means for contacting the teeth of a saw and the other part being a reciprocable plunger, anvil means at the surface of the base element in alinement with the plunger and adapted to be struck by an end thereof, a solenoid supported by an arm extending from the base element and surrounding the plunger for operating it, means on the solenoid for returning the plunger from the anvil, and a supply of electrical current having one leg thereof connecting with a coil of the solenoid and the other leg connecting with one side of said switch, and an electrical conductor connecting the other side f the switch with another part of the solenoid, the switch being operable as it rides along the teeth of the saw to be set.

3. In a device for setting the teeth of saws, the device including a base element having a top surface with an anvil set therein and a saw blade guide means supported by the base element on each side of the anvil and alined therewith, an arm extending from and iixed to a rear portion of the base element and extending forwardly and supporting a solenoid at the distal end thereof, a plunger in the solenoid having a hammer end which is alined with the anvil and reciprocable so that it can strike the anvil, spring means at one end of the plunger for recoiling it, an electric switch having means which contact the teeth of the saw to be set and which switch is operated by the saw teeth when the saw is shifted, and a source of electric current having electrical conductors connecting the switch and solenoid in series relationship.

4. The device recited in claim 3 wherein the base element has an elongated groove with a shiftable bar thereover which has studs that ride in the groove, said switch including a toothed wheel pivoted to one end of the bar and having a plurality of contact buttons thereon, adjustable means at the other end of the bar to adjust the position of the wheel, and an electrical conductor spring means for making and breaking contact with each of said buttons in sequence.

5. The device recited in claim 3 wherein the base element is provided with an elongated groove, a shiftable bar over the groove, studs extending from under the bar into the groove which are adapted to slide in the groove, the switch including a toothed wheel pivoted to one end of the bar, a plurality of electrical Contact buttons spaced apart in a circle on the top of the wheel, a knob pivoted to the top surface of the base element having an eccentric positioned groove on the underside thereof, a stud upstanding from the knob end of the bar which slides in the groove of the knob so that rotating of the knob can shift the wheel toward and from the anvil, and graduations along the perimeter of the knob indicating the number of points on saws.

BURR N. ENGLE. JOHN B. ENGLE.

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